Bowling Completes Day 2 of Capital Classic

Amber Brown was key to the Aggies 3-2 showing at the Capital Classic on Saturday. Photo by James Williams

Courtesy: NC A&T Sports Information

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DOVER, Del. - The North Carolina A&T bowling team posted a
3-2 record the second day of action in the Capital Classic tournament at
Brunswick Doverama to move to 5-5 overall in the tournament.

"All in all ending the first two days at 5-5, is definitely
positive," said A&T head coach James Williams. "It would have been great to get a win
against a Top 20 opponent, but the bottom line is that we handled business and
defeated the teams I felt we should have defeated."

The Aggies fell to No. 9 Adelphi to start the day. The Aggies then bested Hampton 979-886. Against No. 2 UMES, the defending NCAA
champions, the Aggies lost 1100-867.
The Aggies then finished the day with a 998-961 win over Howard and a
948-894 win over Morgan State.

The Aggies (31-20, 10-6 MEAC) were able to improve upon
their performance from Friday by making adjustments to their spare shooting and
converting scoring opportunities with makeable spares.

"A great example was against Morgan State, which was the
last match of the day. Morgan had more strikes than we did. However, we
continuously made spares the entire game," Williams said. "We kept the pressure on them all game, until
we found our spots and started striking."

The improved execution in making spares was key to the
team's victories. Williams also said
that he got some key leadership from senior Amber Brown on Saturday.

"Amber only had two open frames for 30 frames. That's three
complete games, and those two opens were splits that have a high degree of
difficulty. She stepped up her game and
led by example," Williams said. "I
couldn't have asked her to do anything different today. I just want that to
carry over into tomorrow."

The playoff and championship rounds for the Capital Classic
tournament will be held on Sunday starting at 9:30 a.m. The Aggies will begin the playoffs as the No.
7 seed against N.C. Central.